Fairy Meadow

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,585 people in Fairy Meadow of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Fairy Meadow was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Fairy Meadow aged 15 years and over, 43.2% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fairy Meadow was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Fairy Meadow, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fairy Meadow was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Fairy Meadow 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.3% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 35.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fairy Meadow were Australian 24.1%, English 22.6%, Italian 8.8%, Irish 6.2% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Fairy Meadow, 67.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.7%, England 3.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.4%, Turkey 1.8% and Vietnam 1.2%.

In Fairy Meadow, 46.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fairy Meadow were Catholic 31.5%, No Religion 20.0%, Anglican 16.3%, Islam 5.1% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Fairy Meadow 71.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.4%, Mandarin 2.7%, Turkish 2.5%, Arabic 1.7% and Vietnamese 1.5%.

Employment

There were 2,919 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fairy Meadow. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fairy Meadow, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fairy Meadow was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Fairy Meadow included Professionals 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Labourers 10.0%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Managers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Fairy Meadow, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.2%, School Education 4.8%, Tertiary Education 4.4%, Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 3.9% and Hospitals 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fairy Meadow was $419.

In Fairy Meadow, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.0%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bus 4.3%, Train 3.3% and Walked only 3.1%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fairy Meadow, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Fairy Meadow, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fairy Meadow, 38.8% were couple families with children, 37.9% were couple families without children and 20.6% were one parent families.

In Fairy Meadow 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fairy Meadow, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,225 and those without children was $2,087.

Employment status of couple families

In Fairy Meadow, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fairy Meadow, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairy Meadow, 59.2% were separate houses, 14.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 22.1% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

In Fairy Meadow, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 37.2% had 2 bedrooms and 39.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairy Meadow, 34.6% were owned outright, 22.6% were owned with a mortgage and 38.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Fairy Meadow, of all households, 63.3% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Fairy Meadow, 35.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Fairy Meadow, 41.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fairy Meadow, there were 108 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 48 (or 44.4%) were male and 60 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 25 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Fairy Meadow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Fairy Meadow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $146 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.